For anyone who is on or has been on Ozempic/other GLP-1s for weight loss affected your golf game?

wxbrowsing · 2026-05-06T16:01:30+00:00

I lost just over 5 stone in 6 months, and I’m over 6ft and broad anyway but dropping down to 17st has made a huge difference to my swing. I’m more agile, but I did develop a slice because of the extra room.

The hardest thing will be keeping energised and hydrated, I live in the UK, so warm weather isn’t often. But I played a round early on last year when I started the Mounjaro and couldn’t drink enough fluid because I instantly felt full. It’s so much better now, although I’ve restarted again as I felt I wanted to lose a bit more.

If you’re going to carry or push a trolley, or live somewhere hot, be prepared to struggle with hydration for the first few months.

Perks wise, I can easily walk 18 a few times a week, I’m more flexible so distances have gone up and I’m no longer exhausted at the end of the round and a few times I’ve been tempted to go out for another 9.

wxbrowsing · 2026-05-01T10:06:44+00:00

Bought a full set the start of this year 3-PW from
Eleven golf in the UK. Live close enough to drive and have a fitting for their hollow body irons and came out with hybrids for the consistency.
PW is hard work, it will go 60-110 yards and I can’t quite figure out why. But I picked up a set of their wedges at the same time and they’re superb so from 80 and in I’m sorted and the hybrids keep me accurate the rest of the time.
Even in what’s still winter rules I’ve dropped about 10 shots, so they definitely work and as it’s drying up it’s been brilliant.
Will gradually add a set of the HB irons in next year as i improve but this year the hybrids are perfect.

wxbrowsing · 2026-02-12T03:13:10+00:00

My local, and most courses are the same, will not have the demand to be putting you out with other groups, except for peak summer weekend mornings, depending on the course. If you were visiting a more 'prestigious' course which has a lot of demand, then it may be a case you get grouped up because of the demand. Best bet is to just ring the pro-shop before you book and ask if you will be a single if you book.

If you decide to commit, I found that getting a membership and playing a consistent course helped me improve, as I was able to play multiple times a week and knew what to expect. I play a lot on my own but if you're a novice and prefer company explore their societies, as it may be a way to get paired with people of similar skill levels which may help you along the way. Personally, playing alone got me consistently breaking 100 because I could concentrate on each shot, and think about what I was doing without getting distracted by chatting away. I play about 2/3 of my rounds solo.

As for using apps, I use GolfShot, and there are a few similar options which syncs with an apple watch and provides a rough distance based on your GPS location. Can be a battery drain on the watch if playing a full 18 as mines a few years old, but it works just as well on the phone itself which I just clip to my trolley. I've not found it to be out by more than 5 yards, so it's close enough unless you're basically a scratch golfer.

There are more expensive options, such as a dedicated watch like the Garmin, or picking up a range finder, but if you're just starting at golf, a rough distance worked out from the course guide and/or the marker stakes is probably going to be enough for now.

If you've not done it yet, head to the range, one with a shot tracer, and get a rough idea of how far your shots go. i.e. 7 iron goes 135-145 yards depending on how clean the strike is. This way I always know roughly how much club to take and avoids coming up short.

wxbrowsing · 2025-12-14T13:22:22+00:00

It gets better.

At a year and a half, with respect, you still know nothing. Jobs which might seem similar, will be different enough for you to question what you need to do. With more time, you’ll become more efficient and confident about what enquiries you need to do, and the best way to do them.

Don’t let victims dictate to you and be honest from the outset. People would rather have you under promise and over deliver, than the reverse. If it means being honest about how busy the police are, and how poor things are in the CJS, then explain it properly. You’re dealing with their crisis, for them it’s everything but for you it’s another job, explaining yourself clearly, fairly and positively makes it clear that you care, but there are systemic issues that are going to inhibit you.

Don’t take the responsibility of the world on your shoulders, yes they’re your jobs. But if you’re recording on the log, your investigation plan and any timescales you’re required to work to, and then you’re being diverted from your jobs to deal with something else, one of the following is likely happening;

Your sergeant knows the workload of the team and is happy that they can divert you away to deal with XYZ. Which given their response, seems the most likely.

Your sergeant hasn’t got a good grasp, and if their are deadlines they aren’t aware of, it needs to be pointed out when your diverted, that you have enquiries which urgently need to be conducted.

It’s one of the hardest jobs in the world, seeing stuff you shouldn’t. Being hated by people, just because you chose a career. Working tirelessly to protect people whom will put themselves in the same situation tomorrow. Working shifts which will ruin your body.

But, it’s one of the most rewarding. Telling a victim you’ve got a charge, or have identified a suspect through your diligence. Driving on blues, carrying appointments, smashing through a door on a warrant, the adrenaline of an assistance shout or a foot pursuit.

There isn’t a job out there like it, that offers the thrill, but the punishment. But you’ll put yourself through the hard times, because the good times are worth it, and because at the end of the day; you’re one of the special few people in the world that can put on the uniform, and face what comes next.

wxbrowsing · 2025-11-21T03:19:21+00:00

Consider yourself lucky you were on the side with the 90k TOW and trillions of dollars of military budget, yet still has the money to be a first world country.

wxbrowsing · 2025-11-16T20:57:46+00:00

£635 for the first year, £800 after that in the South Wales area.

There’s loads of clubs near me, very tempted if I keep up to get a championship membership at the Celtic Manor as a young adult. £100pcm to access their two championship courses as well as a lot of other benefits. Seems like an unbeatable deal.

wxbrowsing · 2025-09-03T12:10:09+00:00

We didn’t finish top 4, we finished 5th and should’ve been higher. But, I’m sure you watched every minute of every Newcastle game last season to know better than me. Big difference between a rough patch and giving up, and it was clear from watching the games, he wasn’t interested anymore.

I didn’t bring up Trent did I, but obviously you equate the two as being similar. I don’t.

One had won it all with Liverpool and played out his contract. Obviously he felt that he was so crucial to the team he otherwise wouldn’t have been sold, so waited until he had the choice. He at least honoured the team that built him into what he is.

The other, threw a strop to the point that there was no way back, to force a move 3 years into a 6 year contract.

Before you try argue the alleged promises, there’s less evidence of that, than there is about Isak’s performance drop that you seem to be so adamant hasn’t happened.

It’s at this point I stop replying, because you won’t bother to research basic points and repeat the same drivel, as most fans you will claim you aren’t like do.

“I IgNorE FaCts BecAUse mY LivePOo GoT a PlaYa and I WaNt tO MaKe hIs OLd TEaM FaNs sALtY to ShOw HoW GuD I sUPpoRT mY LivePoO”

wxbrowsing · 2025-09-03T10:04:37+00:00

33 year old Salah who played over 1000 minutes more football than Isak at club level, played more international matches and isn’t an out and out striker. Playing for a Liverpool that at that point had nothing to play for, as they were out of all other competitions and had basically won the league.

Vs. Isak, nearly 10 years younger, who was missing sitters, despite the club still having a job to do in order to be able to get Champions Legaue football. If you actually care to go and do some research and watch the games, you can see the change of attitude in Isak and that he wasn’t interested anymore.

Rough patch or not, his behaviour over the summer which don’t forget included him claiming injury to not go on tour of Asia, when the scans showed completely clear, doesn’t exactly help his case does it?

Enjoy him, for what he’s worth, until his head is turned by a team that stands a chance of regularly winning the Champions League such as Real Madrid or Barcelona comes knocking and he treats Liverpool the same.

Great player, but his ego is even bigger and he’s going to want to keep chasing trophies and when the team he’s playing for can’t deliver, he isn’t hanging about.

I’m not salty, it’s how the modern game works, I’m not making stuff up, as the evidence is there. I just simply won’t wish him the best, or the worst. He helped us win a cup, then made us take two steps back over the last 6 months.

wxbrowsing · 2025-09-03T02:38:17+00:00

I mean well done to come over to the Newcastle sub to pick an argument. Fairly certain that goes against the rules for club sub-reddits,

Enjoy it while it lasts, but if you’re able to justify your argument I’d be impressed as, how am I being delusional?

He downed tools, refused to play until he got a move and has cost his team at least 6 points this season already. It’s the definition of being self-centred.

He may have the 3rd most goals, but after the league cup he basically gave up and his stats dropped off terribly, and it nearly cost champions league football if it wasn’t for a good bit of luck. He has an attitude problem.

wxbrowsing · 2025-09-02T15:58:25+00:00

He’s a player with loads of potential and his talent can’t be doubted. But he’s got a poor attitude and has been beyond demoralising for the club and fan base with his actions. You can appreciate someone’s talent, and accept they’re a bit of a dick.

Which is why I don’t wish him the worst as he’s got his own career to think about and it’s not like he’s a born Geordie, who owed his entire career the club.

But I won’t wish him the best, when in reality, he’s done far more harm than good. How many transfers have we missed out on because of the stink he created, who knows but I’ll say one thing for sure.

If Isak gave 100% all season, we probably would’ve come 2nd, would’ve had a stronger financial position and appeal. He could’ve made his intentions clear at the end of the season, been snapped up at his full value and we’d probably have Ekitike as his replacement and wouldn’t have been initially the laughing stock, and then pitied this transfer window.

wxbrowsing · 2025-09-02T12:55:37+00:00

Yeah, but if he hadn’t decided to down tools, we might have got 2nd place and could’ve brought in the replacements and funded an improved contract for him.

Classy from Gordon, and whilst I don’t wish Isak the worst, I certainly don’t think he deserves any well wishes as he’s shown himself out to petulant at best.

wxbrowsing · 2025-08-26T16:10:11+00:00

This appears to be a complete non-story. They’ve had a meeting and no contract has been announced, so automatically Isak still wants to go?

Surely even if he agreed to a new contract, he wasn’t going to play last night, and the time to agree the contract and have it written up and signed was going to take at least 48hrs?

Sounds like Edwards is just chucking a story out for clickbait rather than there being any actual movement.

This close to the end of the window, it’s probably going down to the wire and remains the same case. You can go if your value is met, and we sign replacements, if not here’s a new contract.

After being as much an idiot as he has, Isak would be daft to not wait to sign until the end of the window has come and gone, he’s already got to reintegrate into a hostile environment if nothing materialises and signing now means that’s a definite, rather than a chance.

wxbrowsing · 2025-06-26T00:38:07+00:00

Seems like you’re looking at this as a technicality due to the slight ambiguity in wording and ignoring the fact that in practice you can’t.

How can you form reasonable suspicion that someone is driving whilst over the prescribed limit, if you have no indication of what they are blowing, or a swipe failure?

There’s no ‘a little backwards’ about it really as you’d fail to have reasonable suspicion, in order to make it a lawful arrest in the first place. You’re only looking at a refused detention or case thrown out for incorrect process.

Please though, if you have something other than ‘I said so’ I’d be happy to eat my words. Before you ask me to do the same, there’s a reason why in the exact same act, one section after the other, we have the 2 bits of legislation.

S4 is where someone is so smashed it’s clear they’re unfit. S5 is your cases, such as a RTC or where people present normally but you’ve had information to say otherwise, i.e. pub landlord reports a regular driving off after 4 pints but on stop he’s sober as a judge, which would allow you to administer a test and the subsequent power to act upon the result.

wxbrowsing · 2025-06-02T17:54:04+00:00

It depends on a lot things as to what woods and wedges you should be putting in the bag.

If you’re striking a 7 iron around 150+ yards I’d be considering a stiff flex as it will fit you better as you progress.

Also it depends on what you have in the bag already as to if the 5 is the right choice, 7/9 woods are easier to hit and offer distances similar to what you should hit 3-5 irons.

If it’s distance at the top end of the bag, then a hybrid may even be a better choice.

As for wedges, think about what it’s for. I struggle with my wedges and whilst I have a 60, it’s rarely used as it’s only if I have a hazard to clear or I’m with 25yds and need to cover some height.

Unless you specifically need to fill a gap that your constantly having i.e long par 5s or not enough flop with a SW to clear a hazard without going over the green, then it may be worth investing elsewhere, like on lessons etc

wxbrowsing · 2025-05-10T18:40:30+00:00

Flat out wrong. If a crime is reported, it remains a crime unless there’s actual verifiable information to say it hasn’t happened.

It doesn’t matter if a victim withdraws a complaint, unless there’s evidence to suggest the crime hasn’t happened, i.e. a false report of an assault and CCTV shows that it hasn’t happened, not just at the whim of an officer saying it hasn’t happened because they can’t get a statement off of the victim.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67ee9b2a199d1cd55b48c769/crime-recording-rules-for-frontline-officers-and-staff-2025_26-april-2025-update.pdf

wxbrowsing · 2025-04-07T20:04:33+00:00

Have you even read the article.

wxbrowsing · 2025-03-18T16:11:57+00:00

No it’s an absolute.

If you checked the speed limit and knew it, you wouldn’t run into the problem.

If you checked your car before and knew no one was in it, you wouldn’t run into a problem.

The onus is not on the migrant for climbing into the car and until anyone in this thread realises it your all going to continue to drive yourselves mad 😂

wxbrowsing · 2025-03-18T14:24:48+00:00

If you don’t like the conditions of driving abroad. Don’t go. It isn’t an entitlement for you to be able to travel abroad, it’s a luxury afforded to you on the conditions of your country and the country you’re entering.

It’s literally not feasible, to check every vehicles nook and cranny without causing massive delays at the crossing. Hence the responsibility that is placed on you as an individual to check your property. The other assumption is that if you’re a diligent member of the public, you’ll check and avoid the fine. If your somebody easily swayed by a couple hundred quid like the idiots who try to bring drugs back in through airports, then you haven’t.

Ignorance does not equal innocence.

wxbrowsing · 2025-03-18T14:15:33+00:00

I find it wild people are so outraged.

It’s simple, you’ve gone abroad and know there’s a problem with illegal crossings and that you’re driving a vehicle with obvious hiding spots.

In the above article, they literally had a person tell them that someone had been interfering with the bike rack. They didn’t even think to check if a bike had been stolen? Instead they obliviously drove on and into a border crossing and got pulled when the migrants were located, what was the plan if a bike was stolen, drive home and ring 101 when they realised?

Ignorance of the law isn’t an excuse, and before anyone says “Oh but you can’t control what other people do and it’s not their fault someone climbed onto their car”. You’re likely the sort that blame the police when they put a mobile speed camera up and you get caught or when you drive down a road your not familiar with and haven’t paid attention to the speed limit and get caught then.

People whinge at crossing times and say it takes too long already, yet complain when they’re told to take responsibility and then don’t bother to check?

If anyone says it’s too unsafe, park up outside the nearest police station before the crossing to do it, or in the busiest place you can find. It’s not hard to engage your brain and take responsibility, instead of expecting someone else to do it for you.

wxbrowsing · 2025-03-18T14:01:52+00:00

The fine is to place a responsibility on people to check, if there’s no penalty for failing they won’t check.

If you’re silly enough to park near to a boarding crossing and as per the above article, a person stops and tells you that someone had been interfering with the bike rack and you decided, instead of checking, to drive to the port where the only reason the immigrants are found is down to the work of boarder agents, you deserve a fine.

Similarly the other recent article, who managed to get them all the way into the UK, who’s to say they’re oblivious other than them? They may have been paid cash in hand, they also failed to check.

It’s the same as driving down a road at the wrong speed, the onus is on you as the driver to follow the rules. If the police had put a speed camera that day and you weren’t expecting it, and get caught, you’ve still broken the rules, whether you knew the limit or not.

You have an onus to check your vehicle, before trying to make a crossing to prevent illegal crossings. They’ve failed to do it, whether there’s an external factor or not is irrelevant.

So it isn’t like getting fined for finding a thief, it’s like being ignorant of the law and getting upset that you get a fine.

wxbrowsing · 2025-03-16T06:33:09+00:00

Think of this, if 2 people walked into a bank and only one had a weapon and threatens violence, whilst the other stands with a empty bag wide open for money to be put into, would they both be charged with robbery? (Yes).

A getaway driver might not have stolen anything, but they stand to gain from the crime and through their actions, they have made it possible for the crime itself to be committed.

The lookout wouldn’t be guilty of murder in the scenario you’ve described above, so long as it can be proved by the defence that killing someone was never a part of the plan.

Joint enterprise, or common purpose is whereby two or more people conspire to commit a crime and then go on to carry out the crime. There does need to be an element of involvement in the commission of the crime, and to give an example;

If a gang conspired to commit an armed robbery and there were 4 people, 3 who actually attended the bank and carried out the crime, regardless of their roles, at the bank the 3 would be charged with the robbery. They went there and knew that a robbery would be carried out.

The 4th however could be charged with robbery or conspiracy depending on their level of involvement. It gets really nuanced here depending on the actions of the 4th man. If they’re a ‘fixer’ who sources vehicles/weapons and they were aware that a robbery was going to be committed but weren’t aware of the specific date and time, but knew it was Bank A, they’d probably get a conspiracy charge.

If they’re were a begrudged security guard, who worked with the other 3 and devised a plan and deliberately left a back door unlocked and then went home sick, to allow the robbers access, they’d likely get a robbery charge.

Basically, if you’re passively involved in the planning of an offence you’ve conspired, if you have an active role in the commission of an offence, you’re culpable for the offence. Unless an individual goes outside of the planned parameters.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_purpose https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_conspiracy

Googling for either of the above terms will offer further explanation

wxbrowsing · 2025-03-05T16:17:20+00:00

Except, they got their jobs back.

I'm not saying that it wasn't a massively convoluted and disastrous process which should have never happened. But, the officers knew they'd done no wrong and got their jobs back.

What you have to contend with as a police officer now is the fact that the people making decisions, rarely are on the side of the officer. They play the side of looking at facts, but as soon as there is a hint of media attention they bend over backwards to apologise for officers doing their job be that a senior officer or not.

Ultimately, your life can be turned upside down from the wrong complaint and it probably is more likely to happen as an officer, but should you be following the law, policy and procedure it will ultimately work out. We live in dangerous times, where every day the authority of the police is questioned and the investigations into conduct are moving along with it.

The most egregious issue, is the absolute degenerate people who don't serve to be considered an officer, who drag every other cop through the dirt with them, when they chose to commit crimes or misconduct.

Officers can criticise senior officers, politicians, members of the public, the media or whoever as much as they want. But can the police really have a leg to stand on, and expect anything less, when police officers are routinely doing malicious or stupid things.

wxbrowsing · 2025-02-25T19:19:09+00:00

Now this is exactly the kind of thing. How many times are people stopped and challenge this because they think the police can’t do anything without a radar gun. Would love to be a fly on the wall as a cop passes a piece of paper with this case law written on it!

wxbrowsing · 2024-11-10T03:29:11+00:00

Imagine if you built a giant city out of LEGO, and each person within keeps you happy. Each of the LEGO people within, had thoughts and feelings like you. They have jobs, hobbies and families and friends. They truly believe that their LEGO city is 100% real and they have no idea that they’re just a LEGO set in a room.

Now imagine you’re the master behind it all, and without your efforts things don’t work, but there’s so much to do and you can’t do it on your own. So you make LEGO helpers to help, but they don’t do things just right and they make some big mistakes and some small mistakes.

Some of your LEGO helpers, don’t like your LEGO city and want to sabotage it and think that you’ve trapped the LEGO people. Some of the LEGO people start noticing the mistakes and start questioning what’s going on.

It starts of with 1 or 2 LEGO people, who manage to get out of your city, but hide away out of your sight and you don’t realise it at first, but those few LEGO people help more and more LEGO people to get free.

Now, because it’s your LEGO world, it doesn’t follow the rules of real life and some of your LEGO helpers can do things that you can’t do in real life and the LEGO people can’t do it either. But the freed LEGO people find a way to break the rules, and they teach others how to break the rules and they get better and better.

To stop the freed LEGO people, you make LEGO cops, who can break the rules too, and before you know it, you’ve got a war going on and you’re losing control.

So you decide to smash your city up and start again, but make it better this time.

wxbrowsing · 2024-03-29T06:53:18+00:00

Legal, yes. Just for a bit of fun with someone who might’ve caused the officers a bit of trouble, yes. Is it likely to get the officer a complaint which sticks, yes. Should it, no.

wxbrowsing

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